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MPs accused Spain of committing an “act of war” after two of its naval ships
entered Gibraltar’s territorial waters.

Bob Stewart, Tory MP for Beckenham, urged the British Government to “respond
robustly to this aggravation” after Andrew Lansley, the Leader of the House
of Commons, said that the naval vessels entered the waters of Gibraltar on
Monday.

He said they were given radio warnings before leaving but Mr Stewart, a former
colonel, said the move was illegal and the Government needed to “do
something about it”. He told the Commons: “May I gently remind the House
that an illegal incursion